World War 3 fears: North Korea launches ICBM — South Korea FIRES missile back

North Korea hurled the missile at around 3am local time (6pm GMT), sparking a furious response from Seoul.

Within minutes of North Korea’s ICBM get going, South Korea had fired its own missile launch in retaliation.

The North Korean brickbat was fired eastwards from the hermit state. The missile landed far 210km west of Japan’s Kyurokujima island, Tokyo said.

Japanese course reports the missile was in the air for 50 minutes — indicating a very high altitude retreat path.

It travelled east for around 620 miles and to an altitude of wide 2,500 miles before crashing into the Sea of Japan.

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US leader Donald Trump was briefed on the missile while it was soundless in the air.

This late-night launch is rare, with most taking grade during daylight hours.

A South Korean military official pronounced earlier this evening: “We confirm that we have detected a North Korean ballistic projectile launch. The missile is still travelling towards the direction to the East Sea, as we are sentinel right now.

“North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile first this morning from Pyongsong, South Pyongan to the east running. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff is analyzing more squads of the missile with the US side.”

An emergency meeting of Japan’s cabinet beyond conference call was scheduled for 3.30am local time (6.30pm GMT). A emotional cabinet meeting will take place this evening.

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The Pentagon said it had detected a “indubitable” missile launch.

Spokesman Colonel Robert Manning said: “We detected a quite possible missile launch from North Korea. We are in the process of assessing the status quo and will provide additional details when available.”